Pinto de Blue

  • Tube color : pale pink
  • Sepal color : white
  • Corolla color : violet blue, pink at base
  • Flower : double
  • Habitus : trailing

Description

TUBE

  • Tube color : pale pink
  • Tube shape : medium
  • Tube dimensions : 16mm long x 10mm wide

SEPALS

  • Sepal color upper : white
  • Sepal color lower : white blushed pink
  • Sepal shape : fully up, occasionally slightly twisted
  • Sepal tips : recurved
  • Sepal dimensions : 54mm long x 21mm wide

COROLLA

  • Corolla opening color : violet blue, pink at base
  • Corolla mature color : purple
  • Corolla shape : square
  • Corolla silhouette : fully flared
  • Petal margins : smooth
  • Corolla dimensions : 32mm long x 54-57mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL

  • Stamens : 16mm below corolla
  • Filaments : pink
  • Anthers : rose
  • Pistil : 44mm below corolla
  • Style : blush
  • Stigma : blush
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MISCELLANEOUS

  • Flower : double
  • Flower size : large
  • Flower display : hanging
  • Flower bud : Tear drop shaped
  • Habit : trailing
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  • Hardiness: H2
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  • Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a cool climate, cold weather hardy to 22°F
  • Optimal light conditions : bright to filtered light
  • Remarks : Trademarked in California, floriferous, eye-catching cultivar
  • Named : according to Michael Breneman the name was derived from an old song Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) which he heard sung by Dean Martin
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  • Year (of registration) : 1996
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  • Breeder (or finder) : Breneman/Antonelli
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  • Country : United States
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  • Distinguished by : vigorous growth, profuse blooms
  • AFS : 3545
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  • NKvF : 4739
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FOLIAGE

  • Foliage color upper side : medium green
  • Foliage color lower side : light green
  • Leaf dimensions : 95mm long x 51mm wide
  • Leaf shape : elliptic
  • Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
  • Leaf tip : acute
  • Leaf base : rounded
  • Pubescence :
  • Veins : Veins are reddish at base
  • Stems : red
  • Branches : light red, green

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